Intelligence is one of the mental, mind and human intellectual ability. Problem
Based Learning (PBL) learning system used in medical faculty requires students
to be able to correlate the various sciences, concepts and theories to solve health
problems. Good intelligence capability is considered as one of the important
things.
This thesis aims was to describe the intelligence level of the first-year
physician education courses students. The research was a descriptive research
with cross sectional study approach. Respondents in this research were 101
people who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Intelligence tests tool used was
Intelligenz Struktur Test (IST) by Amthaeur.
The results based on the research was obtained IQ ability level, 1 subject
(1%) in very superior category, 15 subjects (15%) in superior category, 28
subjects (28%) in high-average category, 49 subjects (48%) in average category,
7 subjects (7%) in low-average, and 1 subject (1%) in weak boundary category.
Based on the results, can be concluded that intelligence level in most (49%) of the
first-year physician education courses students at medical faculty of Sam
Ratulangi University was in average category.